Buddha-Carita [sanskrit]

by E. B. Cowell | 2003 | 11,474 words | ISBN-10: 8187418788 | ISBN-13: 9788187418788

The Buddha Carita (Saddharma-pundarika) by Asvaghosa a famous Sanskrit text revolving around the live and exploits of the Buddha. The Buddha Carita (Buddhacarita) is written in the style of a Kavya (or Mahakavya, epic poetry) and extant original Sanskrit text consists of roughly 1,000 metrical verses.

Verse 9.71

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तत्स्नेहादथ नृपतेश्च भक्तितस्तौ सापेक्षं प्रतिययतुश्च तस्थतुश्च ।
दुर्धर्षं रविमिव दीप्तमात्मभासा तं द्रष्टुं न हि पथि शेकतुर्न मोक्तुम् ॥ ७१ ॥

tatsnehādatha nṛpateśca bhaktitastau sāpekṣaṃ pratiyayatuśca tasthatuśca |
durdharṣaṃ ravimiva dīptamātmabhāsā taṃ draṣṭuṃ na hi pathi śekaturna moktum || 71 ||

Through their love for the prince and their devotion to the king, they returned, and often stopped looking back; they could neither behold him on the road nor yet lose the sight of him, shining in his own splendour and beyond the reach of all others, like the sun.
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (9.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Sneha, Atha, Nripati, Bhaktitah, Sapeksha, Prati, Durdharsha, Ravi, Iva, Dipta, Bhas, Bhasa, Pathin, Pathi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 9.71). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “tatsnehādatha nṛpateśca bhaktitastau sāpekṣaṃ pratiyayatuśca tasthatuśca ”
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
snehād -
sneha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nṛpateś -
nṛpati (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhaktitas -
bhaktitaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tau -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
sāpekṣam -
sāpekṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sāpekṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sāpekṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

prati (Preverb)

[Preverb]
yayatuś -
√yā (verb class 2)

[perfect active third dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tasthatuś -
√sthā (verb class 1)

[perfect active third dual]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “durdharṣaṃ ravimiva dīptamātmabhāsā taṃ draṣṭuṃ na hi pathi śekaturna moktum ”
durdharṣam -
durdharṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

durdharṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

durdharṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ravim -
ravi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dīptam -
dīpta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dīpta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

dīptā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ātma -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[compound]
bhāsā -
bhās (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

bhāsā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
draṣṭum -
√dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √dṛś]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pathi -
pathin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [locative single]

pathī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pathī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

pathī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śekatur -
√śak (verb class 5)

[perfect active third dual]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
moktum -
√muc -> moktum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √muc]